Mariners get wild trade flashback after deal between Mets, Brewers

The name Freddy Peralta grabbed headlines on Wednesday night when the New York Mets acquired their new pitching ace in a trade from the Milwaukee Brewers that sent two top-notch prospects the other way.

To the most intense of Seattle Mariners fans, it might've rang a bell for a very different reason: Peralta originally belonged to Seattle.

He signed with the Mariners as an international free agent as a teenager and began playing in Seattle's organization in 2013. 

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In 2015, the 19-year old had a 4.11 ERA at the Rookie-ball level. And after that season, he was part of a trade to the Brewers.

It was a deal that sent three prospects to Milwaukee to acquire Adam Lind. The other two prospects never amounted to anything.

Peralta, though, grew into a pitcher who had a 2.70 ERA as a dominant starting pitcher in 2025 for the Brewers.

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Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns was with the Brewers then when they brought Peralta to the organization. They couldn't have imagined then what he'd grow into, but it certainly worked out.

The Mariners can't feel too bad about it. Peralta had been mostly so-so through his first three years in the system.

But it certainly worked out well for the Brewers, while getting Lind wasn't anything to write home about for Seattle.

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